The Nebraska Supreme Court has again rejected a post-conviction appeal by a man on the states death row for raping and killing
a teenage newspaper carrier in western Nebraska in 2003.
Jeffrey Hessler, of Gering, argued in his appeal that Nebraskas capital punishment procedure is unconstitutional and that a lower court was wrong to dismiss his appeal without an evidentiary hearing.
The states high court on Friday said the lower court
was correct to rule that Hesslers appeal was barred under the statute of limitations.
Hessler was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to die for kidnapping,
rape and the shooting death of 15-year-old newspaper carrier Heather Guerrero.
